Sustainability Team Member

Food has lost its soul to modern convenience. And with it, it has lost the power to nourish, inspire, and connect us. So in 2018, Cook Unity was founded as the first-of-its-kind platform that connects the world with the source of truly great food: chefs. Today, Cook Unity delivers 50 million meals a year from the industry’s best chefs to homes all over the country.

Fresh. Ready-to-eat. And crafted with the passion that nourishes body and soul.

Unwilling to stop there, Cook Unity is expanding beyond delivery to become an ever-innovating marketplace focused on our singular mission:
empower Chefs to nourish the world.

If that mission has you hungry in more ways than one, you’ve found the right job posting.

Summary

Execute daily operational tasks related to recycling, compost, waste audits, and donation management within the Austin facility, ensuring compliance with processes and sustainability standards.

• Daily Waste Audits:Perform daily bin audits across all kitchens and document findings on the Daily Audit Bin Form.
• Correct Waste Disposal
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  Ensure proper waste disposal procedures are followed in all kitchens.
• Overproduction Processing:Classify, weigh, and process overproduced food — routing it to charity donation's, compost, or internal reuse (family meal).
• Food Waste Handling
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  Classify, weigh, and dispose of food waste, including donations, compost, garbage, and family meals.
• Facility Walkthroughs:Conduct daily walkthroughs of kitchens, green stations, fulfillment, and market areas to identify contamination in recycling and compost streams.
• Contamination Control
  — Check recycling and compost streams to ensure they are free of incorrect materials.
• Material Sorting
  — Separate and move recyclable and compostable materials according to facility standards.
• Donation Management:Collect, weigh, record, and pack donations; receive donation partners and hand off prepared products.
• Donation Coordination:Coordinate donation pick‑ups with partnered non‑profit organizations.
• Walk-In Raw Ingredient Collection:Support the weekly walk-in collection process — pulling, logging, sorting, and routing recoverable raw ingredients across all 20 refrigerators.
• Too Good To Go Sales:Coordinate the sale of surplus meals through the Too Good To Go platform — including setup, customer handoff, and close-out logging.
• Return Packaging Program:Coordinate logistics and shipping with local carriers to send returned packaging materials off-site for cleaning and sanitization.
• Daily Reporting:Complete daily trackers for recycling, compost, and donation volumes.
• Zero Waste Compliance:Follow all safety, cleanliness, and Zero Waste process standards.
• Operational Feedback:Provide daily feedback to staff to reinforce correct waste‑sorting behaviors.
• Green Leader Support:Support team members as a Green Leader, promoting “Go Green” practices.
• Waste Diversion Supplies:Ensure stations have the correct supplies (stickers, posters, bins) for proper waste diversion.
• Green Station Maintenance:Coordinate with the cleaning team to keep the Green Stations clean and in order.

Full Time (5 days a week – 36 to 40 hrs weekly).

• Operational
  
  Experience:
  
  Previous experience in warehouse, food production, cleaning, or other hands‑on operational roles. Comfortable working in kitchens, warehouse areas, and food production spaces.
• Physical Requirements:Ability to safely lift and move 20 lbs or more throughout the shift..
• Basic Reporting Skills
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  Ability to complete daily trackers and simple audit forms.
• Communication
  
  Skills:
  
  Ability to give clear feedback to staff and communicate deviations or contamination findings. Spanish and English
• Interest in Waste Reduction:Genuine interest in recycling, composting, waste diversion,…